On September 10, 2023, 33-year-old Michael Wayne Harris of Gordonsville, Virginia, was shot at a residence in the 5000 block of South Spotswood Trail. Described as a mechanic and a loving husband and father, Harris was driven about three miles to the 2100 block of South Spotswood Trail in an effort to get medical help; he was pronounced dead at that location. The Louisa County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation into his death.

Investigators identified an acquaintance, 35-year-old Kenneth Justino Rowley of Louisa, as a suspect. Rowley turned himself in to authorities the day after the shooting and was arrested on charges connected to Harris’s death, though the specific circumstances leading to the shooting were not released. Anyone who knew Michael Wayne Harris or saw activity on South Spotswood Trail around September 10, 2023, is asked to come forward with information.